Accounting Associate

Austin, Texas • Full Time

Posted on Fri, Jul 3, 2026

Accounting Associate   APA! BACKGROUND: Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is one of Austin’s most dynamic and best-loved nonprofits. The organization is the leader in the no-kill movement nationally and is considered a national thought leader in animal welfare. APA! locally rescues, treats, and adopts out 10,000 homeless dogs and cats each year, providing the safety net for Austin’s most at-risk shelter pets, which helps Austin to be a no-kill city, while also assisting other communities in saving homeless animals. The organization is distinguished by the scrappiness of its grassroots, non-traditional community-based animal rescue work.
The organization continues to innovate best practices to save lives and teaches its renowned lifesaving model through American Pets Alive!, APA!’s national division. In 2020, AmPA! began the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project, a collaborative movement of more than 10,000 animal welfare professionals working in nearly 1,900 organizations. HASS is the first-of-its-kind collective of shelters and animal welfare professionals coming together to build community-focused animal services that better meet the needs of people and pets by keeping human-animal families together and keeping pets unnecessarily out of shelters.
  SUMMARY
The Accounting Associate is a key member of APA!’s Finance team, with primary responsibility for accurate and timely receivables-focused accounting. This role records, reconciles, and supports revenue activity across APA!’s diverse revenue streams, including donations, grants, pledges, adoptions, clinic activity, thrift and retail, ecommerce, and other income.
The Accounting Associate works closely with the Accounting Manager, Finance team, Philanthropy/Development, and other departments to ensure that financial activity is accurately
reflected in APA!’s accounting records, with supporting documentation, and in financial reports. The role requires cross-departmental and cross-program coordination and collaboration.
This position requires strong attention to detail and accuracy, comfort working with high-volume transaction data with significant recurring journal entry work, the ability to investigate
discrepancies, and clear communication across teams. While the primary focus of this role is Receivables, the Accounting Associate will also cross-train in Accounts Payable and provide backup support when needed to help ensure continuity of Finance operations.
  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential duties and functions may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned. OTHER FUNCTIONS CULTURE, MISSION & EXPECTATIONS ORGANIZATION-WIDE VOLUNTEER CULTURE EXPECTATIONS
APA! is a volunteer-powered organization, and all staff members help support a culture where volunteers feel welcomed, appreciated, and connected to the mission. While this Accounting Associate role is not primarily responsible for managing a volunteer program, the expectations below are included across APA! job descriptions and will apply to this position in ways that are appropriate to Finance operations, confidentiality, workflow, and department needs. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS WORK ENVIRONMENT WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: This position reports directly to the Accounting Manager. There are no supervisory responsibilities.
  TIME COMMITMENT LOCATIONS SALARY: $40,000 - $45,000
  BENEFITS
Austin Pets Alive! is proud to offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including subsidized employer-sponsored medical coverage, subsidized and voluntary life insurance, voluntary dental, vision and short-term disability options, all effective the first day of employment. We also offer voluntary wellness and emergency sick plans, up to 2% match on 401(K) retirement plan, supplemental benefits, flexible spending accounts and additional life coverage. Full-time employees receive 10 paid holidays and accrue 10 days paid time off during the first year of employment, with an additional 5 days of PTO accrual upon completion of 12 months of employment.  Employees will also receive professional development opportunities through APA!’s ongoing mission to advance our animal welfare professionals in our life-saving work.     EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS
Austin Pets Alive! is an equal employment opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities that are most impacted by the issues we engage on. We especially encourage people of color, LGBTQ people, women, transgender and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities to apply.    Austin Pets Alive! does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Austin Pets Alive! is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, community focus, and innovation.   APA! is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact Talent Acquisition at job@austinpetsalive.org  at least one week in advance of your interview.  

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